As strong and athletic as Urijah Faber is, Jose Al...

2010-06-30T00:44:36.363+09:00

As strong and athletic as Urijah Faber is, Jose Aldo simply outclassed him. Aldo was faster, moved better and fought smarter and more disciplined.

Jose Aldo was more powerful and better coordinated on his feet and the ground.

Urijah Faber used to be my favorite fighter, and I still have a soft spot for him, but the way young Jose Aldo fought dynamically yet fundamentally sound was something else.

P.S. If you like the fundamentals vs. athleticism debate, I highly recommend my Mike Brown-Urijah Faber II pieces :

1. Sexy Piece of Ass
(post-fight)

2. Between Legitimacy and Invisibility
(pre-fight)

TraditionalKarate_Stylist ("TKS") on, &q...

2010-06-27T04:12:25.352+09:00

TraditionalKarate_Stylist ("TKS") on, "The Business of a Beatdown | Script Fighting."

TKS favored Aldo in this fight. The reason? Jose Aldo's training program was more intensive & toward the traditional martial arts side.

Urijah Faber's claim to fame has always been his top-level athletic ability. Faber's athletic ability alone cannot stand up to the intensity of marital arts. Accordingly, he didn't have much of a chance against the martial art-like skill possessed by Aldo.

For instance, you can / may absorb a certain degree of force from the leg kicks thrown by Aldo. Taking a barrage of punishment from them is a different matter. Sports-based fighters think they can toughen themselves, which to a degree you can. The fact of the matter is though, taking a series of hard shots from a martial artist is a prescription for failure.

In marital arts, these blows are designed to disable your opponent. Why is Faber taking these shots? The tough-guy, boxer I-can-take-punishment is a 'script'-for-just-that ==> PUNISHMENT. Translation--NOT GOOD FOR THE BODY; hence brings on defeat.

As a dyed-in-the-wool traditional martial artist, the last thing TKS wants to do is what?--get hit, especially hit repeatedly. That's one of my scripts!

Despite the continued criticism of competition-style karate, karate provides answers to the Jose Aldo 'aggressive' fighter. Urijah Faber didn't do any of them.

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